The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 24, 1977
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:58 PM
6:48 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 680
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
-
Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 171.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.8° / 1.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 34m / 18.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.82° / -4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.44° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.45° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 236.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.