The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 25, 2011
Waxing Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:29 AM
6:31 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1101
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 | 12.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.3° / 157.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 08m / -19.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.05° / 2.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.19° / -2.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.52° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.