The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 24, 2057
Waning Crescent
2.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:10 AM
3:58 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 359,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1669
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.4° / 193.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 52m / -21.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.31° / 0.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.37° / -0.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.21° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.