The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 25, 2056
Waning Gibbous
87.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:43 PM
10:31 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.8%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1657
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 220.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.1° / 309.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 16m / 18.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.56° / 2.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.24° / -2.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.69° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.