The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 24, 2125
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:23 AM
5:29 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.5 days
- Distance
- 386,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2510
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.0° / 173.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 06m / -18.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.43° / 4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.83° / -5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.76° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 158.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.