The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 25, 2130
Waning Crescent
22.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:54 AM
2:14 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.3%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2572
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 5.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 303.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.3° / 234.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 28m / -9.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.62° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.53° / -5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.11° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.