The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 25, 2171
Waning Crescent
2.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:35 AM
3:47 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.3%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 359,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3079
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,300 km.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 342.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.6° / 190.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 01m / -25.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.64° / -3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.04° / 4.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.71° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.