The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 26, 1957
Waxing Crescent
27.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:57 AM
10:51 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.5%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 433
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 62.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.8° / 106.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 31m / -4.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.66° / 4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.03° / -5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.44° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.