The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 26, 1913
Waning Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:17 AM
4:02 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 378,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -112
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 348.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.8° / 184.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 28m / -28.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.84° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.64° / 7.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.82° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.