The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 25, 1981
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:03 AM
4:51 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 729
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.2° / 180.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 43m / -21.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.04° / 2.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.10° / -2.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.35° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.