The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 28, 1926
Waning Crescent
36.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 AM
1:25 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.0%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 49
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 286.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.9° / 250.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 31m / -4.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.67° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.76° / -5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.73° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| 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.