The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 24, 2077
Waxing Gibbous
73.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 PM
2:22 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.6%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1917
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,800 km.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 118.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.9° / 59.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 01m / 9.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.55° / -2.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.78° / 3.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.18° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.