The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 26, 1952
Waxing Gibbous
79.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:31 PM
3:27 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.7%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 381,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 371
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 | 126.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.4° / 47.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 29m / 20.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.36° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.68° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.81° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.