The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 24, 2078
Waning Gibbous
63.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:40 PM
12:07 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.4%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 389,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1929
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 254.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.9° / 279.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 21m / 8.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.83° / 3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.89° / -4.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.17° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.