The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 21, 1926
Waning Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:35 PM
9:53 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 49
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.0° / 322.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 03m / 22.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.29° / 1.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.11° / -1.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.69° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.