The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 24, 2017
Waxing Crescent
33.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:51 AM
11:18 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.3%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1175
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.2° / 102.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 03m / -8.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.45° / -2.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.69° / 3.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.47° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.