The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 25, 2010
Waning Gibbous
77.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:28 PM
10:42 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.0%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1088
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,500 km.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 237.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.3° / 291.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 06m / 6.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.06° / -4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.04° / 6.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.69° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.