The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 26, 2064
Waning Gibbous
90.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:27 PM
9:58 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.8%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 381,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1756
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.4° / 313.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 54m / 17.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.21° / -0.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.15° / 1.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.21° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.