The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 24, 2087
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:16 AM
5:14 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2040
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 356.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.3° / 176.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 56m / -19.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.10° / 3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.32° / -3.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.32° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 125.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.