The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 24, 2006
Waxing Crescent
19.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:03 AM
9:46 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.4%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1039
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 | 52.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.9° / 119.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 52m / -15.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.93° / -2.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.30° / 3.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.93° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.