The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 24, 2022
Waxing Crescent
2.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:27 AM
6:33 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.7%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 358,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1237
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,300 km.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 4.3° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 18.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.6° / 153.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 34m / -26.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.00° / -4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.61° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.24° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.