The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 24, 1996
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:31 PM
7:19 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 915
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 178.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.7° / 353.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 06m / 18.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.43° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.86° / 7.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.67° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 198.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.