The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 24, 2184
Last Quarter
50.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:02 AM
12:39 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.1%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3240
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.7° / 265.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 18m / 1.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.64° / 3.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.18° / -3.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.27° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.