The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 26, 1936
Waxing Gibbous
97.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:51 PM
6:16 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.1%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 173
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 160.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.8° / 13.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 55m / 23.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.05° / 0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.99° / -0.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.59° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.