The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 26, 2073
Waning Crescent
5.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:21 AM
3:45 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.6%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1867
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 333.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.1° / 202.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 31m / -17.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.65° / 4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.72° / -5.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.24° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.