The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 26, 2011
Waxing Crescent
4.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:11 AM
7:39 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.9%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1101
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 | 25.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.3° / 143.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 05m / -16.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.87° / 3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.89° / -4.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.33° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.