The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 16, 1925
Waxing Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:31 AM
6:18 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 362,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 37
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.7° / 158.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 29m / -21.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.79° / 1.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.55° / -1.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.63° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.