The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 22, 2024
Last Quarter
52.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.2%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1261
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.9° / 267.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 57m / 0.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.95° / 0.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.38° / 0.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.65° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.