The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 26, 2138
Waning Crescent
29.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:23 AM
12:58 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.6%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2671
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 | 294.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.2° / 239.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 41m / -15.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.08° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.84° / 7.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.62° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.