The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 24, 2000
Waning Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:47 AM
4:35 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 964
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 348.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.1° / 184.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 26m / -21.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.01° / 2.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.83° / -1.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.97° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.