The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 29, 2025
Waxing Gibbous
71.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 PM
2:22 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.0%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1274
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 114.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.6° / 58.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 58m / 16.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.01° / 3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.46° / -4.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.33° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.