The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 26, 1964
Waning Crescent
40.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:54 AM
1:11 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.9%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 389,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 519
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 | 280.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.6° / 256.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 05m / -1.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.71° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.24° / -5.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.01° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.