The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Waning Gibbous
96.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:06 PM
9:31 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.2%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1051
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 | 202.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.8° / 328.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 54m / 23.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.94° / 2.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.49° / -2.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.68° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.