The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 25, 1960
Waxing Gibbous
56.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:56 PM
12:38 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.6%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 382,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 470
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 | 97.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.7° / 78.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 46m / 1.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.35° / -2.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.43° / 4.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.55° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.