The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 24, 2147
Waxing Crescent
4.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:12 AM
7:24 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.3%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2783
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 23.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.9° / 145.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 52m / -18.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.32° / 2.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.35° / -2.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.49° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.