The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 25, 2121
Waning Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:06 PM
9:06 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2461
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 200.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.9° / 329.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 44m / 20.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 114.30° / -0.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.95° / 1.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.17° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.