The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 25, 1915
Waning Gibbous
85.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:15 PM
10:29 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.1%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -87
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 | 225.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.5° / 304.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 22m / 14.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.36° / -0.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.85° / 1.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.86° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.