The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 25, 1937
Waning Crescent
39.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 AM
12:36 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.0%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 395,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 185
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 282.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.9° / 250.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 54m / -10.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.36° / -4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.74° / 5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.68° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.