The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 25, 1901
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:52 PM
7:40 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 362,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -260
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.4° / 348.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 25m / 19.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.98° / -4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.91° / 6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.35° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 154.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.