The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 25, 2173
Waning Gibbous
66.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:25 PM
11:43 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.4%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3104
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 | 250.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.2° / 281.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 07m / 6.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.21° / 1.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.58° / -0.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.02° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.