The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 23, 2025
Waxing Crescent
12.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:33 AM
8:41 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.3%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1274
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 40.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.9° / 130.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 05m / -19.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.04° / -2.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.27° / 4.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.30° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.