The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 26, 1946
Waxing Crescent
8.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:22 AM
8:01 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.9%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 297
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 | 34.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.6° / 136.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 50m / -22.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.77° / -4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.35° / 6.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.92° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.