December 25, 2026
The sky over Xian County
Christmas
Moon
Waning gibbous
97% illuminated
Moonrise / moonset
6:12 PM – 8:40 AM
Also up that night
- M45 — Pleiades73° up
- M44 — Praesepe16° up
- M31 — Andromeda63° up
- M42 — Orion Nebula34° up
- M39 — 32° up
- M35 — 48° up
Around 21:00 local time the moon was up over Xian County — a waning gibbous, 97% lit. Local time here is estimated from Xian County's longitude rather than looked up from a timezone database — within about an hour almost everywhere (see the free generator for the same trade-off spelled out).
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