The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 25, 1923
Waning Gibbous
94.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:44 PM
9:21 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.4%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 12
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 | 207.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.7° / 321.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 07m / 17.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.18° / -2.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.23° / 4.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.27° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.