The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 26, 2067
Waning Gibbous
69.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:15 PM
11:02 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.5%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1793
Events on this date
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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
-
Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 247.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.9° / 281.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 46m / 2.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.13° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.44° / 7.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.06° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.