The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 24, 2195
Waning Crescent
41.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:04 AM
12:25 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.0%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 377,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3376
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 | 280.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.0° / 252.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 41m / -10.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.40° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.38° / 7.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.54° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.