The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 24, 2026
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:55 PM
8:41 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 356,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1286
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,600 km.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 189.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.2° / 342.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 54m / 26.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.14° / 3.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.75° / -3.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.36° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.