The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 24, 2067
Waning Gibbous
85.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 PM
10:09 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.0%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1793
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 | 225.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.2° / 302.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 17m / 10.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.38° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.15° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.78° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.