The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 25, 2169
Waxing Crescent
42.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:28 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.5%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3055
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 | 81.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.5° / 94.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 51m / -6.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.41° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.83° / 7.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.36° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.