The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 25, 2059
Waning Gibbous
61.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:52 PM
12:13 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.2%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1694
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 | 257.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.1° / 277.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 34m / 7.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.13° / 4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.22° / -4.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.53° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.