The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 24, 2086
Waning Gibbous
79.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:08 PM
10:31 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.3%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2028
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 234.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.1° / 294.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 51m / 7.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.45° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.02° / 7.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.58° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.