The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 24, 1961
Waning Gibbous
93.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:56 PM
9:40 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.0%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 482
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 | 210.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.2° / 318.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 21m / 18.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.34° / -1.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.68° / 2.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.69° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.