The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 25, 1919
Waxing Crescent
9.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:42 AM
8:34 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.9%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -37
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 | 36.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.6° / 131.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 41m / -13.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.09° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.17° / -5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.24° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.