The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 25, 1945
Waning Gibbous
56.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:33 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.2%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 284
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 | 262.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.6° / 272.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 56m / 6.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.54° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.36° / -6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.05° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.