The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 24, 2164
Waxing Gibbous
86.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:50 PM
3:59 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.4%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2993
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 | 136.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.6° / 40.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 15m / 13.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.14° / -4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.88° / 6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.90° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.