The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 26, 1978
Waning Crescent
13.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:05 AM
2:52 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.2%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 692
Events on this date
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Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 4.0° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 317.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.7° / 219.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 24m / -14.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.29° / 4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.06° / -4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.39° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.