The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 24, 2063
Waxing Crescent
22.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:01 AM
10:05 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.0%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1744
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 55.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.6° / 115.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 03m / -11.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.71° / 0.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.00° / 0.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.69° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.