The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 26, 1903
First Quarter
46.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:14 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.3%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -235
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 85.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.9° / 87.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 58m / -0.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.43° / 0.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.01° / 0.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.77° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.