The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 25, 2200
Waning Gibbous
82.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:37 PM
10:21 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.9%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3438
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars 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 | 228.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.5° / 299.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 34m / 10.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.52° / -4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.39° / 6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.08° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.