The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 25, 1996
Waning Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:23 PM
8:06 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 915
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 | 189.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.2° / 340.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 58m / 17.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.76° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.97° / 7.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.46° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 126.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.