The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 26, 2025
Waxing Crescent
38.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:46 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.4%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 381,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1274
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 3.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 76.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.0° / 95.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 28m / -2.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.63° / 0.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.20° / -0.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.78° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.