The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 25, 2176
Waning Crescent
24.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:00 AM
1:14 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.5%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3141
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 | 300.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.4° / 233.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 05m / -18.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.46° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.42° / 7.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.08° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.