The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 24, 2130
Waning Crescent
30.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:56 AM
1:47 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.7%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2572
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 | 292.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.6° / 245.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 43m / -5.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.62° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.43° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.93° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.