The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 26, 1986
Waning Crescent
26.0% 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
2:37 AM
1:28 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.0%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 791
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 | 298.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.1° / 236.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 03m / -13.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.41° / -1.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.48° / 2.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.73° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.