The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 25, 2018
Waning Gibbous
87.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:49 PM
10:25 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.8%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 362,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1187
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 | 220.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.2° / 309.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 11m / 17.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.84° / 1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.44° / -1.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.07° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.