The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 25, 2172
Waxing Gibbous
82.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 PM
3:41 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.4%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3092
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 | 130.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.5° / 45.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 47m / 18.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.74° / 2.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.96° / -1.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.36° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.