The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 24, 1957
Waxing Crescent
12.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:56 AM
8:57 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.3%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 433
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 | 40.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.0° / 127.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 57m / -11.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.38° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.00° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.80° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.