The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 26, 2111
Waning Crescent
19.6% 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
3:12 AM
2:24 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.6%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 382,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2337
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 307.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.4° / 230.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 45m / -10.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.09° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.05° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.47° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.