The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 24, 2107
Waxing Gibbous
70.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:31 PM
2:09 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.6%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2288
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 | 114.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.3° / 62.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 39m / 9.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.39° / -0.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.13° / 1.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.26° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.