The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 26, 2057
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:35 AM
5:59 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 357,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1670
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,900 km.
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Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 7.1° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.4° / 161.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 05m / -24.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.67° / -1.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.77° / 3.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.41° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.