The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 25, 2067
Waning Gibbous
77.7% 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
10:18 PM
10:37 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.7%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1793
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 236.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.3° / 292.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 02m / 6.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.27° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.13° / 7.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.92° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.