The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 25, 2146
Waning Gibbous
56.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:13 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.4%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2770
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 | 262.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.0° / 271.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 49m / 2.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.53° / 1.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.67° / -0.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.84° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.