The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 26, 1975
Waning Crescent
37.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 AM
12:44 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.8%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 655
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 | 284.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.3° / 249.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 04m / -9.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.57° / -2.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.53° / 4.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.30° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.7° |
| 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.