The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 25, 2199
Waxing Gibbous
62.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:52 PM
1:22 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.7%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3426
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.6° / 70.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 06m / 8.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.54° / 1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.49° / -1.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.30° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.