The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 25, 2033
Waxing Crescent
16.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:21 AM
9:34 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.6%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1373
Events on this date
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.2° / 120.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 33m / -10.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.03° / 3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.05° / -3.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.59° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.