The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 31, 2025
Waxing Gibbous
89.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:18 PM
4:58 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.3%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1274
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.0° / 31.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 57m / 25.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.35° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.57° / -5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.06° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.