The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 25, 2039
Waxing Gibbous
80.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:15 PM
3:17 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.7%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1447
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 | 127.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.5° / 49.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 40m / 12.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.51° / -2.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.90° / 4.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.64° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.