The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 24, 2056
Waning Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:42 PM
9:51 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1657
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 | 209.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.7° / 321.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 23m / 21.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.09° / 1.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.46° / -1.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.55° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.