The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 25, 2123
First Quarter
47.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:55 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.5%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2486
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.5° / 84.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 53m / 4.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.31° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.07° / -5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.35° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.