The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 24, 2014
Waxing Crescent
9.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:42 AM
8:34 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.6%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1138
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,800 km.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.3° / 132.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 39m / -13.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.64° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.12° / -5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.57° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.