The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 24, 2191
Waxing Gibbous
65.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 PM
1:37 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.9%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 375,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3327
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 | 108.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.4° / 67.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 18m / 9.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.29° / 0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.82° / -0.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.84° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.