The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 26, 2013
Waning Crescent
38.6% 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
1:19 AM
12:47 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.6%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 384,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1125
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 | 283.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.9° / 250.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 06m / -8.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.45° / -1.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.98° / 2.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.89° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.