The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 26, 1918
Waning Crescent
36.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 AM
12:41 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.7%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -50
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 285.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.7° / 248.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 06m / -11.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.75° / -4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.15° / 6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.05° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.