The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 25, 2049
Waxing Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:26 AM
6:41 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 361,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1571
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 | 13.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.2° / 156.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 15m / -18.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.69° / 3.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.56° / -4.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.93° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.