The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 26, 2022
Waxing Crescent
15.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:59 AM
9:11 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.6%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 363,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1237
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn 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 | 46.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.0° / 125.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 41m / -19.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.10° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.60° / 7.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.87° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.