The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Waning Gibbous
58.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:45 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.7%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 395,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1125
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 | 260.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.9° / 271.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 29m / -0.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.12° / -3.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.95° / 5.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.56° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.