The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 25, 1982
Waxing Gibbous
71.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:52 PM
2:07 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.6%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 378,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 742
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 | 115.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.2° / 62.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 55m / 6.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.09° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.07° / 7.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.86° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.