The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 25, 1948
Waning Crescent
23.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:51 AM
1:43 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.5%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 375,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 321
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 | 302.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.6° / 234.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 14m / -13.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.94° / -0.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.49° / 1.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.14° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.