The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 25, 2013
Last Quarter
48.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:19 AM
12:15 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.8%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 390,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1125
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.3° / 261.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 17m / -4.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.62° / -2.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.64° / 4.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.72° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.