The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 25, 2193
Waxing Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:35 AM
7:04 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3352
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.6° / 147.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 00m / -23.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.24° / -2.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.43° / 4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.34° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.