The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 24, 2043
Waning Crescent
35.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 AM
12:56 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.5%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1496
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 | 286.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.4° / 248.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 10m / -9.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.73° / -2.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.76° / 3.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.61° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.