The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 24, 2018
Waning Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:37 PM
9:34 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 361,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1187
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,100 km.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 207.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 322.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 09m / 20.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.02° / 0.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.09° / 0.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.94° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.