The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:19 PM
5:23 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1113
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.2° / 24.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 12m / 20.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.80° / -0.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.34° / 1.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.69° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.