The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 24, 2039
Waxing Gibbous
72.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:49 PM
2:16 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.5%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1447
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 116.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.7° / 61.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 54m / 7.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.33° / -3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.96° / 5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.78° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.