The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 25, 1995
Waxing Crescent
18.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 AM
9:51 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.5%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 903
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 | 50.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.5° / 117.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 40m / -9.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.16° / 4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.50° / -4.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.20° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.