The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 25, 2043
Waning Crescent
26.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:38 AM
1:18 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.7%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1496
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 | 298.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.6° / 236.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 54m / -14.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.79° / -3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.68° / 4.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.78° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.