The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 24, 2156
Waxing Gibbous
94.9% 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
3:04 PM
5:58 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2894
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 154.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.2° / 19.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 20m / 26.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.63° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.80° / -5.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.33° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.