The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 22, 2025
Waxing Crescent
6.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:02 AM
7:35 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.6%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1274
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 29.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.8° / 141.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 14m / -23.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.59° / -3.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.59° / 5.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.48° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.