The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 25, 2174
Waxing Crescent
3.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:27 AM
6:47 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.1%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 375,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3117
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 3.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 19.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.5° / 151.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 45m / -24.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.78° / -3.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.70° / 5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.16° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.