The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 24, 2187
Waning Crescent
27.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:11 AM
1:52 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.9%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3277
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 296.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.3° / 241.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 55m / -6.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.27° / 4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.84° / -5.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.20° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.