The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 25, 2167
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:56 PM
6:57 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 357,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3030
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,100 km.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.7° / 0.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 43m / 20.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.01° / -2.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.34° / 4.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.93° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.