The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 24, 2032
Last Quarter
51.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:02 AM
12:10 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.6%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1360
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.
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.5° / 264.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 03m / -2.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.79° / -2.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.48° / 3.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.36° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.6° |
| 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.