The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 25, 1900
Waxing Crescent
15.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:11 AM
9:29 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.6%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 375,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -272
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 46.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.0° / 121.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 22m / -10.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.70° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.47° / -5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.87° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.