The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 25, 1932
Waning Crescent
4.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:04 AM
3:07 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.8%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 360,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 123
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 7.4° of each other in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,100 km.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.9° / 198.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 26m / -26.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.96° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.39° / 7.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.44° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.