The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 25, 2150
Waxing Crescent
35.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:09 PM
11:28 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.6%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2820
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 | 73.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.0° / 101.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 20m / -10.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.84° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.25° / 7.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.17° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.