The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 25, 1992
Waxing Crescent
2.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:55 AM
7:04 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.9%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 866
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 19.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.9° / 150.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 39m / -18.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.48° / 2.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.67° / -2.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.16° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.