The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 25, 1906
Waxing Gibbous
78.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:19 PM
2:57 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.6%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -198
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 | 124.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.1° / 53.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 29m / 9.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.93° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.24° / 7.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.91° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.