The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 25, 1925
Waxing Gibbous
82.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:33 PM
3:22 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.1%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 388,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 37
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 | 129.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.5° / 48.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 50m / 11.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.35° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.50° / 7.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.13° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.