The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 25, 2025
Waxing Crescent
28.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:24 AM
10:54 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.5%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1274
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 | 64.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.8° / 107.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 41m / -8.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.51° / -0.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.12° / 1.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.95° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.