The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 25, 2094
Waning Gibbous
85.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:00 PM
10:49 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.5%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2127
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.5° / 306.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 32m / 18.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.17° / 4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.15° / -4.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.11° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.