The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 25, 1950
Waning Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:11 PM
9:10 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 346
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 | 194.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.0° / 337.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 18m / 26.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.43° / 4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.56° / -5.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.48° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.