The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 26, 1997
Waning Crescent
10.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:35 AM
3:12 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.1%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 927
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 323.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.5° / 213.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 49m / -15.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.34° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.14° / -5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.19° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.