The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 20, 1925
Waxing Crescent
30.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:55 AM
10:57 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.7%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 37
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 67.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.5° / 107.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 34m / -12.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.46° / -3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.52° / 5.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.90° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.