The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 25, 1957
Waxing Crescent
19.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:28 AM
9:55 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.4%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 433
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 51.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.6° / 116.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 45m / -8.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.63° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.12° / -5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.62° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.