The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 25, 2076
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:33 AM
4:53 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1904
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.5° / 176.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 02m / -24.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.44° / -1.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.57° / 2.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.80° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.