The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 25, 1912
Waning Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:52 PM
9:36 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -124
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,100 km.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 201.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.3° / 330.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 50m / 25.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 114.58° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.28° / -5.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.03° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.