The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 25, 1928
Waxing Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:02 PM
6:34 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 357,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 74
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,600 km.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 164.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.4° / 9.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 06m / 24.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.80° / 1.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.69° / -1.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.13° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.