The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 24, 2024
Waning Crescent
33.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:49 AM
1:02 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.7%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1261
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 289.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.5° / 245.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 21m / -10.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.56° / -1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.38° / 3.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.98° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.