The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 24, 2044
Waxing Crescent
23.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:08 AM
10:16 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.5%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1509
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 | 57.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.6° / 113.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 14m / -11.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.34° / -0.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.34° / 1.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.31° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.