The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 25, 2116
Waning Gibbous
61.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:05 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.4%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2399
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 | 256.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.6° / 276.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 31m / 6.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.03° / 2.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.65° / -2.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.79° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.