The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 25, 1941
First Quarter
52.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:41 PM
12:18 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.7%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 235
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 92.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.0° / 82.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 27m / 0.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.49° / -1.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.78° / 3.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.34° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.