The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 26, 1919
Waxing Crescent
16.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:14 AM
9:35 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.6%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -37
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 | 47.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.6° / 120.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 29m / -9.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.59° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.76° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.06° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.