The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 25, 2109
Waxing Crescent
18.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:41 AM
9:41 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.2%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 377,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2313
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 50.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.8° / 119.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 44m / -12.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.13° / 1.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.60° / -0.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.73° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.