The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 24, 2106
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:00 AM
5:00 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2275
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 | 352.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.7° / 179.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 40m / -19.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.21° / 3.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.76° / -4.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.94° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.