The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 19, 1925
Waxing Crescent
20.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:15 AM
9:46 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.5%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 364,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 37
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 53.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.8° / 119.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 37m / -16.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.04° / -2.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.27° / 3.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.08° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.