The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 24, 2137
Waxing Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:50 PM
5:39 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2659
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 | 150.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.6° / 23.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 02m / 25.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.65° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.01° / -5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.12° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.