The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 24, 2103
Waning Crescent
21.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:16 AM
1:32 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.7%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2238
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 | 304.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.9° / 230.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 12m / -18.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.90° / -4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.40° / 6.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.78° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.