The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 24, 2180
Waxing Gibbous
58.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:36 PM
1:02 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.9%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3191
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 | 100.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.9° / 73.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 46m / 7.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.67° / 2.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.85° / -2.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.10° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.