The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 24, 2021
Waning Gibbous
73.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:28 PM
11:41 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.9%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 392,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1224
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 | 241.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.5° / 292.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 33m / 14.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.51° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.07° / -5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.96° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.