The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 30, 2025
Waxing Gibbous
80.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 PM
3:39 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.9%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 364,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1274
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 128.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.6° / 45.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 55m / 21.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.53° / 4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.16° / -5.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.19° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.