The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 25, 2086
Waning Gibbous
70.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:07 PM
10:59 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.7%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2028
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 | 245.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.4° / 283.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 38m / 3.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.94° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.35° / 7.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.72° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.