The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 26, 2003
Waxing Crescent
14.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:57 AM
9:02 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.9%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1002
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 45.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.3° / 126.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 35m / -19.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.55° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.20° / 7.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.66° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.0° |
| 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.