The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 26, 1958
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:09 PM
7:53 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 445
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 | 186.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.8° / 343.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 45m / 18.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.82° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.80° / 7.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.04° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 136.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.