The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 24, 2049
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:33 AM
5:30 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.5 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1570
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.2° / 172.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 12m / -20.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.83° / 2.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.33° / -2.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.12° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 166.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.