The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 26, 2014
Waxing Crescent
27.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:03 AM
10:54 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.4%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1138
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 62.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.6° / 106.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 33m / -5.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.75° / 3.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.75° / -3.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.21° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.