The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 24, 2050
Waxing Gibbous
85.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:32 PM
4:01 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.9%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 374,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1583
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 | 135.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.2° / 40.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 07m / 16.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.95° / -0.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.56° / 1.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.38° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.