The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 25, 1961
Waning Gibbous
87.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:52 PM
10:19 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.4%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 482
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 | 221.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.6° / 308.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 11m / 15.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.39° / -0.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.48° / 1.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.83° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.