The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 26, 1905
Waxing Crescent
0.5% 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
8:04 AM
6:07 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -210
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.8° / 163.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 49m / -19.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.51° / 3.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.93° / -3.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.50° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.