The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 25, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
82.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:23 PM
3:31 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.5%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1212
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 | 130.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.5° / 46.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 53m / 13.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.83° / -3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.20° / 4.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.26° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.