The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 25, 2160
Waning Crescent
3.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:02 AM
3:41 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 388,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2943
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 | 337.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.1° / 196.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 42m / -22.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.02° / -0.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.09° / 0.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.41° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.5° |
| 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.