The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 24, 2100
Last Quarter
46.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:28 AM
12:21 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.3%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2201
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 | 274.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.3° / 259.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 22m / -5.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.31° / -3.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.15° / 4.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.86° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.