The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 25, 2161
Waxing Gibbous
60.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:38 PM
1:16 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.7%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2956
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 102.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.3° / 71.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 55m / 9.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.34° / 3.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.52° / -3.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.73° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.