The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 26, 2076
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:38 AM
5:55 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 366,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1905
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.9° / 162.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 05m / -25.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.79° / -2.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.33° / 4.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.61° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.