The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 26, 2044
Waxing Crescent
41.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:49 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.4%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 395,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1509
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 | 79.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.5° / 91.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 41m / -0.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.54° / 1.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.53° / -1.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.98° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.4° |
| 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.