The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 25, 2183
Waxing Gibbous
86.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:53 PM
3:58 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.6%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3228
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 | 137.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.1° / 40.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 19m / 13.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.98° / -4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.55° / 6.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.11° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.