The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 25, 2091
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:24 PM
7:19 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 2090
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.8° / 354.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 08m / 19.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.77° / -4.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.49° / 6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.17° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 207.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.