The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 24, 2058
Waxing Gibbous
74.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 PM
2:31 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.8%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 381,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1682
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 119.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.0° / 57.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 06m / 9.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.80° / -2.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.23° / 4.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.99° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.