The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 25, 2159
Waning Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:20 PM
8:26 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 357,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2931
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,500 km.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 190.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.4° / 339.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 01m / 21.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.29° / -1.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.24° / 2.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.65° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.