The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 26, 1937
Waning Crescent
29.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:20 AM
1:07 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.7%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 185
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 | 294.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.8° / 240.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 42m / -13.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.62° / -3.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.86° / 4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.85° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.