The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 25, 2185
Waxing Crescent
12.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:24 AM
8:47 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.5%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3253
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 41.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.7° / 128.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 14m / -16.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.70° / -0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.58° / 1.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.67° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.