The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 26, 1908
Waxing Crescent
13.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:46 AM
8:54 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.6%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -173
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,100 km.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 42.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.9° / 128.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 25m / -19.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.52° / -4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.31° / 6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.36° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.