The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 26, 2041
Waxing Crescent
14.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:53 AM
9:01 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.4%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1472
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 | 44.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.9° / 127.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 35m / -19.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.67° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.03° / 7.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.07° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.