The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 25, 2037
Waning Gibbous
88.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:38 PM
10:23 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.7%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 374,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1422
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.3° / 311.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 07m / 18.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.63° / 2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.96° / -1.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.88° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.