The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 26, 1961
Waning Gibbous
80.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:48 PM
10:54 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.5%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 482
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.6° / 298.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 59m / 13.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.29° / 0.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.14° / -0.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.96° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.