The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 24, 1964
Waning Gibbous
61.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:49 PM
12:18 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.8%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 377,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 519
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.9° / 278.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 29m / 9.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.32° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.11° / -5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.70° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.