The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 26, 2008
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:26 AM
4:22 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 406,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1063
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.3° / 181.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 45m / -26.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.59° / -3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.67° / 5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.67° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.