The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 25, 1977
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:47 PM
7:35 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 680
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.3° / 349.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 24m / 18.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.70° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.89° / 7.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.68° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 164.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.