The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 24, 2055
Waxing Crescent
38.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:13 PM
11:46 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.5%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1645
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 | 76.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.7° / 98.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 27m / -7.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.39° / -3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.04° / 5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.04° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.