The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 25, 2101
Waxing Crescent
32.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:22 AM
11:24 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.4%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 376,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2214
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 | 69.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.3° / 101.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 53m / -4.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.93° / 2.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.81° / -2.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.08° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.