The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 24, 2114
Waning Crescent
5.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:39 AM
3:23 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.3%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2374
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 | 333.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.7° / 201.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 16m / -21.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.97° / -0.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.98° / 1.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.27° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.