The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 25, 2105
Waning Gibbous
75.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:41 PM
10:46 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.0%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 376,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2263
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 | 240.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.7° / 288.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 15m / 5.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.74° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.14° / 7.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.37° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.