The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 25, 2111
Waning Crescent
28.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:09 AM
1:53 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.5%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 388,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2337
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 295.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.5° / 242.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 55m / -6.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.99° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.06° / -5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.29° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.