The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 31, 1925
Waning Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:52 PM
8:59 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 37
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 197.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.2° / 331.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 58m / 20.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.31° / 0.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.92° / 0.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.66° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.