The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 25, 1978
Waning Crescent
21.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:01 AM
2:12 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.5%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 692
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.4° / 232.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 30m / -10.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.58° / 3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.68° / -3.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.21° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.