The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 26, 1973
Waxing Crescent
3.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:07 AM
7:19 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 631
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 | 22.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.0° / 146.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 55m / -18.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.19° / 2.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.59° / -2.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.78° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.