The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 25, 2023
Waxing Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:49 PM
6:49 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 387,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1249
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 | 164.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.8° / 9.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 06m / 27.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.99° / 4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.84° / -4.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.46° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.