The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 24, 1959
Waning Crescent
33.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:41 AM
1:24 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.3%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 457
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 | 289.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.4° / 247.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 24m / -6.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.79° / 1.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.13° / -1.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.23° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.