The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 24, 2037
Waning Gibbous
94.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:31 PM
9:36 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.7%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 376,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1422
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.4° / 323.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 09m / 21.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.85° / 0.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.46° / -0.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.75° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.