The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 24, 2145
Waxing Gibbous
83.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:31 PM
3:36 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.3%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2758
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 | 131.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.5° / 45.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 53m / 12.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.72° / -3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.68° / 5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.69° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.