The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 26, 1922
First Quarter
54.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:43 PM
12:32 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.5%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 0
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 94.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.3° / 80.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 36m / 2.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.15° / -1.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.46° / 2.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.98° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.