The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 24, 2172
Waxing Gibbous
74.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 PM
2:37 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.3%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3092
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 | 118.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.0° / 56.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 00m / 13.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.45° / 1.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.93° / -0.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.50° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.