The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 26, 1910
Waning Crescent
20.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:14 AM
1:59 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.7%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -149
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.9° / 230.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 32m / -14.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.05° / 0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.89° / -0.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.69° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.