The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 24, 2160
Waning Crescent
8.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:01 AM
2:52 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.8%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2943
Events on this date
-
Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 325.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.2° / 209.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 46m / -21.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.01° / -1.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.21° / 2.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.22° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.