The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 25, 1973
Waxing Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:32 AM
6:20 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 631
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 11.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.3° / 158.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 06m / -21.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.40° / 1.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.25° / -1.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.97° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.