The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 25, 2058
Waxing Gibbous
83.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:22 PM
3:38 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.4%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1682
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn 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 | 131.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.8° / 44.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 56m / 14.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.98° / -1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.14° / 3.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.85° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.