The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 25, 2106
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:46 AM
5:52 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.3 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2276
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 3.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.4° / 167.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 30m / -18.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.19° / 4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.63° / -4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.87° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 223.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.