The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 25, 2021
Waning Gibbous
64.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:33 PM
12:07 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.6%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 388,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1224
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 | 253.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.0° / 281.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 21m / 9.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.27° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.48° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.11° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.