The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 24, 2159
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:05 PM
7:30 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 358,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2931
Events on this date
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 4:09 PM, is deepest at 5:54 PM and ends at 7:38 PM. Totality lasts from 5:07 PM to 6:40 PM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 176.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.8° / 355.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 56m / 23.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.12° / 0.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.08° / 0.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.48° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.