The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 26, 1901
Waning Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:01 PM
8:33 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 365,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -260
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 | 196.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.7° / 332.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 27m / 17.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.75° / -4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.43° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.77° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.