The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 26, 1996
Waning Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:17 PM
8:49 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 915
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 | 200.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.6° / 327.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 48m / 16.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.91° / -4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.91° / 6.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.59° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.