The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 24, 2002
Waning Gibbous
74.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 PM
11:38 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.9%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 989
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 | 240.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.9° / 293.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 27m / 15.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.82° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.61° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.18° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.