The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 24, 2176
Waning Crescent
33.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 AM
12:47 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.3%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3141
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 | 289.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.5° / 244.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 18m / -13.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.22° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.27° / 7.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.91° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.