The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 25, 2040
Waning Gibbous
59.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:18 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.8%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1459
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 | 258.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.8° / 275.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 43m / 6.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.32° / 4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.58° / -5.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.89° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.