The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 23, 1925
Waxing Gibbous
63.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 PM
1:13 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.6%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 380,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 37
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.2° / 72.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 11m / 1.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.03° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.57° / 7.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.42° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.