The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 26, 1915
Waning Gibbous
77.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:17 PM
10:53 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.5%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -87
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 | 236.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.1° / 293.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 08m / 9.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.59° / -1.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.86° / 3.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.00° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.