The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 25, 2157
Waning Crescent
31.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:14 AM
12:53 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.0%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2906
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,900 km.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 292.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.6° / 241.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 31m / -15.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.68° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.76° / 7.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.26° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.