The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 26, 1947
Waxing Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:59 PM
6:38 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 309
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 164.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.8° / 9.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 08m / 25.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.22° / 2.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.49° / -1.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.33° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.