The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 25, 2153
Waxing Gibbous
77.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:43 PM
2:59 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.2%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2857
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 | 122.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.4° / 53.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 17m / 14.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.86° / 0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.34° / -0.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.13° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.