The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 24, 2118
Waxing Gibbous
90.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:26 PM
4:59 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.1%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2424
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 143.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.7° / 31.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 30m / 23.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.10° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.66° / -5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.89° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.