The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 25, 1962
Waning Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:25 AM
4:26 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 391,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 494
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 | 345.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.3° / 188.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 12m / -19.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.58° / 3.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.40° / -3.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.53° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.