The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 26, 2139
Waxing Crescent
29.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:09 AM
11:11 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.9%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2684
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 2.2° of each other in the sky.
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 66.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.7° / 103.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 43m / -4.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.55° / 3.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.98° / -3.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.47° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.6° |
| 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.