The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 25, 2017
Waxing Crescent
43.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:21 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.1%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 389,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1175
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 81.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.3° / 92.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 51m / -4.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.03° / -3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.30° / 5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.31° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.