The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 25, 1917
Waxing Gibbous
92.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:51 PM
5:13 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.0%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 380,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -62
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 147.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.3° / 27.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 51m / 22.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.54° / 2.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.00° / -2.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.54° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.