The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 25, 2019
Waning Crescent
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:14 AM
4:53 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 382,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1199
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.8° / 178.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 49m / -22.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.37° / 1.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.01° / -0.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.79° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.