The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 24, 2040
Waning Gibbous
68.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:01 PM
11:55 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.9%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1459
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 247.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.0° / 286.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 59m / 11.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.31° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.42° / -5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.74° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.