The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 31, 1926
Waning Crescent
11.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:30 AM
2:52 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.4%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 387,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 49
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 320.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.5° / 214.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 54m / -17.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.09° / 3.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.70° / -3.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.26° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.