The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 25, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:22 PM
5:51 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 544
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 | 154.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.2° / 19.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 25m / 23.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.46° / 2.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.21° / -1.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.65° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.