The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 24, 2009
First Quarter
49.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:02 PM
12:10 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.9%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1076
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.6° / 82.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 02m / 5.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.74° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.93° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.84° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.