The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 24, 2007
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:50 PM
8:43 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1051
Events on this date
-
Mars at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.7° / 342.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 51m / 26.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.49° / 3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.31° / -3.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.56° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.