The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 25, 1984
Waxing Crescent
11.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:41 AM
8:29 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.6%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 767
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.3° / 132.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 10m / -21.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.60° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.36° / 7.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.46° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.