The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 24, 2181
Waning Gibbous
88.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:54 PM
9:53 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.1%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3203
Events on this date
-
Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
-
Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 220.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.3° / 308.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 58m / 12.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.47° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.45° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.29° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.