The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 25, 1959
Waning Crescent
23.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:48 AM
2:03 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.1%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 457
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 302.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.1° / 234.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 19m / -10.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.94° / 3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.12° / -3.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.40° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.6° |
| 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.