The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 26, 1976
Waxing Crescent
34.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:22 AM
11:37 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.5%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 392,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 668
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 | 71.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.2° / 98.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 06m / -1.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.81° / 3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.02° / -3.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.64° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.