The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 25, 1947
Waxing Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:12 PM
5:22 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 309
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 | 150.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.7° / 24.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 06m / 21.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.69° / 0.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.70° / -0.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.46° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.