The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 25, 2133
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:19 AM
4:25 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2609
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 | 351.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.3° / 181.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 39m / -25.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.24° / -2.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.95° / 4.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.27° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.