The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 26, 2065
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:15 AM
4:31 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 358,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1768
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,500 km.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.8° / 181.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 44m / -25.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.43° / -1.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.09° / 3.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.91° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.1° |
| 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.