The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 24, 2062
Waning Crescent
32.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 AM
1:01 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.1%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 384,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1731
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 291.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.1° / 243.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 26m / -12.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.35° / -3.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.17° / 4.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.42° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.