The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 25, 2097
Last Quarter
49.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:05 AM
12:35 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.4%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 381,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2164
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.9° / 264.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 24m / -0.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.53° / 2.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.20° / -1.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.13° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.