The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 26, 1959
Waning Crescent
14.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:58 AM
2:46 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.0%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 362,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 457
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mars, and Mercury gathered
All within 1.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 316.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.9° / 220.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 17m / -14.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.53° / 3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.64° / -4.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.58° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.