The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 25, 2047
Waxing Gibbous
65.6% 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
12:44 PM
1:49 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.6%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1546
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 | 108.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.0° / 65.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 13m / 13.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.98° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.95° / -5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.24° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.