The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 26, 2184
Waning Crescent
31.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:56 AM
1:37 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.4%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3240
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 | 292.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.8° / 245.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 49m / -6.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.63° / 4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.88° / -5.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.60° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.3° |
| 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.