The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 26, 1965
Waxing Crescent
13.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:48 AM
8:44 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.2%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 532
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 42.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.5° / 129.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 24m / -20.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.02° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.22° / 7.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.10° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.