The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 25, 2144
Waxing Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:26 AM
6:50 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2746
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 | 14.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.1° / 154.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 20m / -17.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.05° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.24° / -5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.24° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.