The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 26, 2046
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:17 AM
4:25 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 374,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1533
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.2° / 182.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 41m / -25.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.66° / -2.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.54° / 4.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.10° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.