The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 26, 2033
Waxing Crescent
25.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:58 AM
10:39 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.4%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 376,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1373
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 60.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.4° / 109.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 26m / -6.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.65° / 2.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.58° / -2.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.42° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.