The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 25, 2114
Waning Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:39 AM
3:59 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2374
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.5° / 189.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 06m / -24.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.75° / -1.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.63° / 2.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.46° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.