The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 24, 1956
Last Quarter
47.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:27 AM
12:14 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.0%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 420
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.2° / 259.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 17m / -6.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.50° / -4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.83° / 6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.32° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.