The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 25, 2151
Waning Gibbous
93.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:34 PM
9:59 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.9%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2832
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,200 km.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 208.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.8° / 322.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 21m / 23.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.05° / 4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.16° / -4.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.25° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.