The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 26, 2090
Waxing Crescent
30.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:24 AM
11:02 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.0%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2078
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus 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 | 66.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.8° / 104.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 52m / -6.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.68° / 0.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.98° / 0.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.19° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.