The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 24, 2082
Waxing Crescent
28.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:16 AM
10:54 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.5%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 390,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1979
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 64.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.4° / 106.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 35m / -7.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.63° / 1.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.72° / -1.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.88° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.