The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 25, 1987
Waxing Crescent
31.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:39 AM
11:12 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.3%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 804
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 | 67.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.1° / 104.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 53m / -8.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.27° / -1.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.08° / 2.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.54° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.