The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 26, 1987
Waxing Crescent
42.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:04 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.3%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 804
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 | 80.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.9° / 92.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 43m / -1.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.33° / -0.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.94° / 1.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.38° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.