The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 24, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
77.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 PM
3:02 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.3%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 387,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 643
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 | 122.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.9° / 52.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 09m / 16.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.49° / 2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.14° / -3.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.39° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.