The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 26, 2005
Waning Crescent
22.9% 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
3:03 AM
1:33 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.9%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 386,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1026
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 302.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.6° / 232.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 19m / -16.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.97° / -2.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.11° / 3.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.53° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.