The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 25, 2016
Waning Crescent
11.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:20 AM
3:03 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.6%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1162
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 320.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.1° / 216.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 35m / -14.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.90° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.41° / -5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.81° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.