The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 25, 2082
Waxing Crescent
37.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 AM
11:56 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.9%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1979
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 75.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.6° / 95.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 19m / -1.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.11° / 2.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.99° / -2.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.71° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.