The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 25, 2077
Waxing Gibbous
83.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:17 PM
3:35 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.0%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1917
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 | 131.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.0° / 45.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 55m / 15.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.79° / -1.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.74° / 2.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.05° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.