The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 25, 2015
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:54 PM
7:38 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 377,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1150
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.2° / 347.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 28m / 18.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.67° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.91° / 7.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.89° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 155.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.