The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 24, 2085
Waxing Gibbous
61.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:33 PM
1:14 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.0%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2016
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 102.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.2° / 70.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 52m / 10.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.23° / 4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.06° / -5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.81° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.1° |
| 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.