The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 24, 2070
Last Quarter
46.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:25 AM
12:31 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.9%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 387,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1830
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.2° / 260.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 25m / -3.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.91° / -0.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.38° / 1.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.79° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.