The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 25, 1930
Waxing Crescent
27.8% 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
11:39 AM
10:39 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.8%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 99
Events on this date
-
Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
-
Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,900 km.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 63.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.1° / 109.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 39m / -12.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.61° / -3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.18° / 5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.76° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.