The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 26, 1916
Waxing Crescent
5.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:27 AM
7:38 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.1%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 359,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -74
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 | 25.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.3° / 143.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 10m / -19.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.58° / 0.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.30° / -0.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.03° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.