The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 25, 2061
Waxing Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:54 PM
6:57 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 357,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1719
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 165.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.2° / 7.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 16m / 27.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.15° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.37° / -5.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.87° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.