The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 26, 1949
Waxing Crescent
44.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:15 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.8%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 334
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 | 83.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.1° / 89.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 56m / -1.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.47° / -1.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.28° / 2.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.80° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.