The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 25, 2071
Waxing Crescent
15.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:21 AM
9:20 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.5%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1843
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 46.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.0° / 122.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 27m / -12.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.22° / 2.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.10° / -2.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.16° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.