The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 25, 2008
Waning Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:33 AM
3:31 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1063
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 | 340.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.3° / 193.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 52m / -26.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.75° / -4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.94° / 6.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.49° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.