The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 24, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:57 PM
6:40 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1150
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 | 170.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.2° / 2.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 30m / 18.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 82.75° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.22° / 7.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.02° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 236.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.