The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 24, 2089
Last Quarter
45.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:28 AM
12:37 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.9%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 374,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2065
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.3° / 259.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 32m / -3.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.45° / 0.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.69° / 0.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.59° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.