The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 24, 1967
Last Quarter
47.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:14 AM
12:42 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.2%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 556
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.3° / 262.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 23m / -0.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.52° / 1.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.82° / -1.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.60° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.