The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 25, 1990
Waxing Gibbous
56.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:18 PM
12:46 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.3%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 377,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 841
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.7° / 75.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 32m / 8.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.79° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.87° / -5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.47° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.