The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 26, 1941
Waxing Gibbous
62.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 PM
1:16 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.3%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 235
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.4° / 72.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 13m / 4.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.66° / -2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.72° / 4.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.19° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.