The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 28, 2025
Waxing Gibbous
60.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:33 PM
1:10 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.2%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1274
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.3° / 71.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 05m / 10.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.85° / 3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.40° / -3.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.47° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.