The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 25, 1940
Waning Crescent
12.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:07 AM
2:50 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.9%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 222
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,500 km.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 318.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.1° / 218.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 21m / -14.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.84° / 3.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.88° / -3.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.78° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.