The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 25, 2044
Waxing Crescent
32.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 AM
11:17 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.0%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1509
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 | 68.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.1° / 102.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 57m / -5.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.33° / 0.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.54° / -0.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.14° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.