The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 26, 1945
Last Quarter
46.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:21 AM
12:58 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.5%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 284
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.2° / 262.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 40m / 1.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.74° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.43° / -5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.21° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.