The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 25, 1976
Waxing Crescent
25.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:51 AM
10:37 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.1%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 386,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 668
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 | 59.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.7° / 109.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 17m / -6.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.03° / 4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.40° / -4.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.81° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.