The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 31, 2024
Waxing Crescent
0.9% 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
8:53 AM
5:55 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 382,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1262
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.1° / 161.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 30m / -26.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.00° / -4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.58° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.74° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.