The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 24, 2124
Waning Gibbous
83.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:37 PM
10:12 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.8%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 363,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2498
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 | 227.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.9° / 300.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 25m / 9.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.44° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.83° / 7.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.03° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.