The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 25, 2073
Waning Crescent
12.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:10 AM
3:00 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.2%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1867
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,000 km.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 319.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.8° / 217.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 32m / -13.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.99° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.12° / -5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.05° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.