The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 25, 1918
Last Quarter
46.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:39 AM
12:14 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.0%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -50
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.1° / 257.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 21m / -7.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.89° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.42° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.89° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.