The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 25, 2030
Waxing Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:30 AM
6:42 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 358,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1336
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 13.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.6° / 155.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 15m / -18.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.82° / 3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.78° / -3.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.73° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.