The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 25, 2068
Waxing Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:28 AM
6:45 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1806
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 14.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.6° / 155.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 19m / -17.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.84° / 4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.62° / -4.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.11° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.