The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 24, 2173
Waning Gibbous
74.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:25 PM
11:23 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.9%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3104
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 | 240.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.8° / 292.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 25m / 12.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.41° / 2.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.16° / -2.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.87° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.