The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 24, 2154
Waning Gibbous
80.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:43 PM
11:09 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.5%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2869
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 | 232.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.8° / 299.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 55m / 16.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.35° / 3.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.98° / -3.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.09° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.