The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 24, 2123
Waxing Crescent
37.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:27 AM
11:54 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.3%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 390,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2486
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 | 75.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.5° / 95.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 06m / -0.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.43° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.80° / -5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.51° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.0° |
| 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.