The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 26, 2054
Waning Crescent
5.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:20 AM
3:44 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.8%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 384,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1632
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.3° / 202.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 27m / -16.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.77° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.04° / -5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.42° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.