The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 25, 1936
Waxing Gibbous
91.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:53 PM
5:06 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.8%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 363,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 173
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,500 km.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 146.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.8° / 28.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 51m / 22.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.37° / 2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.62° / -1.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.72° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.