The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 25, 1979
Waxing Crescent
44.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:21 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.3%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 705
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 | 83.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.2° / 91.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 51m / -3.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.67° / -2.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.78° / 3.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.92° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.