The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 20, 2025
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:40 AM
5:28 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1274
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.9° / 165.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 28m / -27.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.11° / -4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.87° / 6.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.86° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 303.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.