The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 24, 2105
Waning Gibbous
84.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:34 PM
10:12 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.0%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2263
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 227.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.9° / 301.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 22m / 9.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.78° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.35° / 7.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.23° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| 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.