The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 24, 2073
Waning Crescent
20.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:59 AM
2:20 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.9%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1867
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 | 305.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.0° / 232.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 35m / -9.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.38° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.43° / -5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.87° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.