The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 25, 2078
Last Quarter
53.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:29 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.5%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1929
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.9° / 268.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 07m / 2.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.39° / 3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.28° / -3.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.32° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.