The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 26, 1926
Last Quarter
54.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:36 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.8%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 49
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.1° / 271.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 04m / 5.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.76° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.41° / -5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.41° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| 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.