The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Waxing Crescent
39.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:54 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.8%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1039
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 | 78.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.7° / 94.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 34m / -2.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.93° / 0.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.67° / 0.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.59° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| 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.