The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 26, 2060
Waxing Crescent
14.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 AM
8:59 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.3%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1707
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 | 44.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.4° / 127.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 35m / -19.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.80° / -4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.10° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.27° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.