The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 26, 1942
Waning Gibbous
86.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 PM
11:24 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.2%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 247
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 | 223.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.4° / 295.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 21m / 14.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.97° / -0.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.48° / 1.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.69° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.