The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 26, 1904
Waning Gibbous
81.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:51 PM
10:40 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.3%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -223
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 | 231.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.1° / 298.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 51m / 11.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.86° / -1.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.86° / 2.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.74° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.