The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 24, 2048
Waning Gibbous
83.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:36 PM
10:17 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.3%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1558
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 | 228.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.2° / 300.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 30m / 9.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.69° / -4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.54° / 6.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.13° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.