The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 25, 2051
Waning Crescent
43.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:51 AM
12:39 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.2%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1595
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 | 278.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.7° / 256.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 42m / -5.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.87° / -0.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.39° / 1.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.15° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.