The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 31, 2026
Waning Crescent
40.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:16 AM
12:19 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.7%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 390,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1286
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 280.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.9° / 250.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 10m / -12.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.91° / -4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.90° / 6.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.34° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.