The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 25, 1903
Waxing Crescent
36.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:44 AM
11:45 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.9%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -235
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 74.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.3° / 97.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 12m / -3.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.45° / 1.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.78° / -0.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.94° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.