The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 25, 2191
Waxing Gibbous
75.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:33 PM
2:47 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.8%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 378,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3327
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 121.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.8° / 54.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 08m / 14.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.88° / 1.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.14° / -1.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.70° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.