The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 24, 2088
Waxing Gibbous
84.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:30 PM
3:46 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.5%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2053
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.6° / 43.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 02m / 15.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.44° / -1.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.34° / 3.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.79° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.