The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 25, 2085
Waxing Gibbous
71.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 PM
2:24 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.5%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 375,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2016
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 | 115.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.5° / 58.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 46m / 15.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.08° / 4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.70° / -4.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.66° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.