The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 26, 1944
Waxing Gibbous
89.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:09 PM
5:31 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.7%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 272
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 | 142.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.9° / 18.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 44m / 15.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.42° / -4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.53° / 6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.71° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.