The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 25, 1920
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 PM
7:38 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 357,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -25
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,900 km.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.8° / 348.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 26m / 18.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.24° / -4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.02° / 6.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.45° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 157.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.