The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 26, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
68.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:53 PM
2:03 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.5%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 606
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 | 111.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.4° / 62.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 29m / 14.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.96° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.69° / -5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.14° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.