The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 24, 2071
Waxing Crescent
9.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:46 AM
8:25 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.4%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1843
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 | 35.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.5° / 133.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 40m / -14.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.42° / 3.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.24° / -3.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.34° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.