The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 24, 2179
Waning Crescent
16.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:48 AM
2:06 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.5%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3178
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,500 km.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.5° / 223.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 48m / -18.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.99° / -1.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.07° / 3.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.86° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.