The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 24, 2036
Waxing Crescent
39.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:13 PM
11:54 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.6%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1410
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 77.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.7° / 96.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 34m / -6.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.27° / -3.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.07° / 5.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.68° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.