The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 25, 1922
Waxing Crescent
45.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:14 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.1%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 0
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 84.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.8° / 89.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 51m / -1.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.36° / -0.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.89° / 1.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.14° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.