The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 25, 2006
Waxing Crescent
29.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:30 AM
10:59 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.1%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 371,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1039
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 65.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.8° / 106.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 43m / -9.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.90° / -0.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.49° / 2.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.76° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.6° |
| 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.