The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 24, 1955
Waxing Gibbous
74.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:21 PM
2:38 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.1%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 408
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 118.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.8° / 56.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 49m / 15.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.84° / 3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.55° / -4.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.19° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.