The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 26, 1911
Waxing Crescent
29.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:46 AM
10:55 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.9%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 397,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -136
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 | 66.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.9° / 107.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 52m / -11.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.99° / -3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.78° / 5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.41° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.