The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 26, 1951
Waning Crescent
4.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:03 AM
3:05 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.9%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 358
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 | 334.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.8° / 199.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 26m / -26.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.97° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.56° / 7.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.24° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.