The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 24, 1965
Waxing Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:32 AM
6:44 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 532
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.9° / 150.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 43m / -25.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.12° / -3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.09° / 5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.47° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.