The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 25, 2005
Waning Crescent
32.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 AM
1:09 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.0%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 392,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1026
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 | 291.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.5° / 244.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 32m / -11.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.24° / -1.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.68° / 2.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.35° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.