The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 24, 2066
Waxing Gibbous
61.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:32 PM
1:16 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.0%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 386,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1781
Events on this date
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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 102.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.0° / 70.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 50m / 10.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.82° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.82° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.62° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.