The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 25, 2036
First Quarter
49.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:41 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.0%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1410
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.0° / 86.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 19m / -2.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.23° / -4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.28° / 6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.52° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.