The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 25, 1986
Waning Crescent
36.3% 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
1:27 AM
1:02 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.3%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 378,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 791
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 286.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.6° / 249.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 12m / -7.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.70° / -0.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.03° / 1.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.56° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.