The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 26, 1902
Waning Crescent
8.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:51 AM
3:11 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.9%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -248
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 | 325.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.4° / 210.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 52m / -17.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.43° / 3.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.76° / -3.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.35° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.