The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 25, 1965
Waxing Crescent
7.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:13 AM
7:43 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.5%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 532
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 31.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.4° / 139.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 35m / -23.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.12° / -4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.98° / 6.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.28° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.