The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 25, 2194
Waxing Gibbous
94.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:04 PM
5:51 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 360,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3364
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 153.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.3° / 20.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 20m / 26.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.61° / 4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.59° / -5.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.71° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.