The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 26, 2000
Waxing Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:34 AM
6:10 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 965
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 10.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.0° / 159.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 09m / -22.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.98° / -0.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.54° / 0.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.65° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.