The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 25, 2149
Waning Crescent
16.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:42 AM
2:36 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.1%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2807
Events on this date
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Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.5° / 224.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 03m / -12.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.04° / 4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.76° / -4.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.93° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.