The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 24, 2023
Waxing Gibbous
94.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:05 PM
5:40 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.2%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 383,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1249
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 | 152.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.6° / 22.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 09m / 24.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.84° / 3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.96° / -3.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.59° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.