The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 26, 1994
Waning Crescent
40.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:09 AM
12:39 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.0%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 890
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 | 281.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.5° / 252.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 57m / -8.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.33° / -2.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.91° / 3.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.09° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.