The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 24, 1986
Last Quarter
46.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:21 AM
12:39 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.8%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 791
Events on this date
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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 | 273.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.8° / 261.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 25m / -1.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.44° / 0.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.10° / -0.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.40° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.