The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 25, 1952
Waxing Gibbous
70.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 PM
2:16 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.4%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 378,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 371
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 | 113.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.5° / 60.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 36m / 15.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.87° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.40° / -5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.95° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.