The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 26, 1950
Waning Gibbous
95.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:15 PM
9:48 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 346
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 | 205.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.0° / 325.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 11m / 24.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.62° / 3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.61° / -4.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.61° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.