The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 25, 2118
Waxing Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:03 PM
6:01 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2424
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 | 154.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.1° / 19.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 21m / 26.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.97° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.31° / -5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.76° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.