The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 26, 2062
Waning Crescent
14.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:14 AM
1:57 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.9%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1731
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 314.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.2° / 219.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 05m / -22.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.04° / -4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.65° / 6.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.77° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.9° |
| 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.