The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 25, 2126
Waxing Gibbous
84.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:36 PM
3:50 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.8%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2523
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 | 134.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.8° / 43.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 05m / 14.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.73° / -3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.31° / 4.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.33° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.