The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 24, 2146
Waning Gibbous
65.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:27 PM
11:43 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.8%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2770
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 | 251.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.3° / 280.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 03m / 6.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.45° / 0.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.54° / 0.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.68° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.