The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 26, 2128
Waxing Crescent
29.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 AM
11:00 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.4%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2548
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 65.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.9° / 106.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 51m / -8.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.74° / -1.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.81° / 2.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.74° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.