The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 24, 2080
Waxing Gibbous
94.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:01 PM
5:48 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.4%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1954
Events on this date
-
Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 152.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.3° / 21.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 16m / 25.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 66.65° / 4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.81° / -5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.19° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.