The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 25, 1964
Last Quarter
51.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:45 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.2%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 383,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 519
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.9° / 267.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 18m / 3.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.72° / 5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.37° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.85° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.