The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 24, 2047
Waxing Gibbous
56.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:18 PM
12:49 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.3%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 399,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1546
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 | 97.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.6° / 75.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 28m / 8.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.90° / 5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.05° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.40° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.