The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 25, 2014
Waxing Crescent
17.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:24 AM
9:44 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.6%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1138
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 | 49.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.8° / 119.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 37m / -9.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.27° / 3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.41° / -4.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.39° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.