The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 25, 1953
Waning Gibbous
73.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:47 PM
11:01 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.3%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 383
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 | 242.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.1° / 287.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 26m / 6.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.91° / -3.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.22° / 5.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.42° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.6° |
| 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.