The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 24, 2188
Waxing Crescent
41.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:25 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.4%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3290
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 3.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 79.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.0° / 95.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 44m / -7.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.48° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.24° / 7.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.71° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.