The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 25, 1944
Waxing Gibbous
81.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:32 PM
4:21 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.8%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 272
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 | 129.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.7° / 33.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 49m / 11.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.34° / -4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.71° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.84° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.