The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 24, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
88.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:38 PM
4:28 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.2%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1113
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 | 139.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.1° / 36.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 22m / 18.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.02° / 0.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.84° / 0.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.82° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.