The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 26, 1972
Waning Gibbous
57.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:38 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.4%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 391,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 618
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 | 261.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.2° / 269.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 40m / -3.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.66° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.60° / 7.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.38° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.