The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 26, 1914
Waxing Gibbous
71.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:06 PM
2:29 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.8%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -99
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 | 115.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.5° / 58.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 44m / 15.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.85° / 4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.52° / -5.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.37° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.