The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 25, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
57.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:24 PM
12:51 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.4%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 606
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 | 98.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.6° / 74.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 35m / 9.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.69° / 4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.77° / -5.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.29° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.