The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 26, 2049
Waxing Crescent
5.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:13 AM
7:55 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.7%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1571
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,900 km.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.6° / 140.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 15m / -15.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.66° / 4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.35° / -5.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.74° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.