The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 24, 2069
Waxing Gibbous
84.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 PM
3:49 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.8%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1818
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.2° / 42.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 01m / 15.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.43° / -1.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.14° / 2.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.58° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.