The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 24, 2121
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:59 PM
8:24 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 381,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2461
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.2° / 342.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 48m / 23.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.09° / 0.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.04° / 0.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.04° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.