The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 24, 1962
Waning Crescent
5.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:25 AM
3:45 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.4%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 395,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 494
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 | 333.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.2° / 202.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 19m / -17.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.95° / 4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.94° / -4.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.35° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.