The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 24, 2046
Waning Crescent
9.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:02 AM
2:31 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1533
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 | 324.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.9° / 210.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 36m / -23.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.40° / -4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.44° / 6.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.73° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.