The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 25, 2175
Waxing Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:06 PM
5:56 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 362,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3129
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,300 km.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 154.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.3° / 19.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 21m / 26.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.99° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.98° / -5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.52° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.