The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 26, 2070
Waning Crescent
27.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:25 AM
1:36 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.7%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1830
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 296.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.0° / 239.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 01m / -10.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.89° / 1.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.02° / -1.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.12° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.