The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 24, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
67.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:38 PM
1:42 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.4%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 977
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 | 110.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.2° / 67.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 33m / 4.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.23° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.95° / 6.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.21° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.