The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 25, 2181
Waning Gibbous
81.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:50 PM
10:25 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.4%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3203
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 | 231.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.9° / 297.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 45m / 8.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.40° / -4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.72° / 6.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.43° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.