The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 24, 2060
Waxing Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:37 AM
6:42 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1707
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 | 20.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.0° / 151.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 47m / -26.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.98° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.76° / 7.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.64° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.8° |
| 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.