The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 25, 2140
Waning Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:32 PM
9:15 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2696
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 | 204.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.0° / 325.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 01m / 18.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.62° / -1.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.00° / 3.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.98° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.5° |
| 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.