The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 24, 2115
First Quarter
53.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:51 PM
12:18 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.7%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 392,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2387
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 94.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.0° / 82.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 28m / -0.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.36° / -3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.38° / 4.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.87° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.