The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 21, 2025
Waxing Crescent
2.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:25 AM
6:30 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.6%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1274
Events on this date
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December solstice
The shortest day in the northern hemisphere and the longest in the southern.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 18.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.1° / 153.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 22m / -26.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.28° / -4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.78° / 6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.67° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.