The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 24, 2054
Waning Crescent
19.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:10 AM
2:26 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.6%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 378,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1632
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 | 307.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.7° / 230.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 40m / -10.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.86° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.27° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.06° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.