The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 25, 2048
Waning Gibbous
75.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:36 PM
10:44 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.5%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1558
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 | 239.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.1° / 289.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 16m / 5.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.87° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.55° / 7.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.27° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.