The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 24, 2111
Waning Crescent
38.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:09 AM
1:24 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.0%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 393,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2337
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 284.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.0° / 253.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 08m / -1.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.29° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.65° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.12° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.