The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 24, 2112
Waxing Crescent
34.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:04 PM
11:22 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.0%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2350
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.0° / 103.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 09m / -10.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.14° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.58° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.80° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.9° |
| 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.