The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 25, 2050
Waxing Gibbous
92.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:19 PM
5:06 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.7%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 376,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1583
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 148.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.1° / 26.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 04m / 18.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.74° / -1.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.07° / 3.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.25° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.