The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 24, 2010
Waning Gibbous
86.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:17 PM
10:10 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.0%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1088
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 | 223.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.7° / 304.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 12m / 12.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.73° / -3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.16° / 5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.55° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.