The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 25, 2155
Waxing Crescent
3.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 AM
6:47 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.1%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 359,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2882
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,900 km.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 19.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.0° / 151.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 45m / -25.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.52° / -4.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.25° / 6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.96° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.