The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 26, 2127
Last Quarter
49.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:04 AM
12:30 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.9%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2535
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.0° / 264.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 20m / -0.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.72° / 1.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.48° / -0.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.20° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.