The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 24, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
74.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:58 PM
2:33 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.8%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1212
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 119.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.9° / 58.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 08m / 8.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.99° / -3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.60° / 5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.41° / -0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.