The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 23, 2024
Waning Crescent
42.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:50 AM
12:42 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.8%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1261
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 278.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.3° / 256.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 38m / -4.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.77° / -0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.01° / 1.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.81° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.