The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 24, 2035
Waning Crescent
21.0% 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
3:02 AM
2:19 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.0%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1397
Events on this date
-
Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.9° / 232.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 30m / -9.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.43° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.01° / -5.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.26° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.