The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 26, 1900
Waxing Crescent
24.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:44 AM
10:37 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.5%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -272
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 59.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.0° / 109.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 15m / -5.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.62° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.65° / -5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.69° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.