The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 26, 1938
Waxing Crescent
20.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:32 AM
10:05 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.7%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 198
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 | 53.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.1° / 114.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 54m / -7.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.17° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.32° / -5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.25° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.