The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 25, 1942
Waning Gibbous
92.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:11 PM
10:47 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.0%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 247
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 | 212.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.2° / 304.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 32m / 17.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.11° / -1.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.11° / 3.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.55° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.