The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 25, 2168
Waning Crescent
12.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:18 AM
2:53 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.0%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3042
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 | 319.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.5° / 217.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 31m / -15.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.12° / 3.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.69° / -3.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.74° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.