The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 25, 2070
Waning Crescent
36.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 AM
1:03 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.9%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1830
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 | 285.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.8° / 250.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 13m / -7.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.54° / 0.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.84° / 0.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.95° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.