The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 24, 2051
Last Quarter
52.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:10 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.7%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1595
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.8° of each other in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.5° / 266.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 57m / -1.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.91° / -1.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.61° / 3.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.99° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.