The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 24, 2157
Waning Crescent
40.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:14 AM
12:30 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.0%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2906
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 | 281.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.9° / 251.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 47m / -10.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.82° / -4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.01° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.09° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.