The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 24, 2133
Waning Crescent
3.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:16 AM
3:41 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.1%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 395,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2609
Events on this date
-
Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 7.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.0° / 194.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 45m / -23.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.87° / -1.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.69° / 2.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.09° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.