The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 25, 2102
Waning Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:24 PM
8:48 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2226
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 | 193.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.1° / 337.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 14m / 22.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.11° / 0.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.06° / 0.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.38° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.