The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 25, 2052
Waxing Crescent
18.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:30 AM
9:42 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.0%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1608
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 50.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.8° / 118.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 44m / -10.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.71° / 2.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.57° / -2.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.80° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.