The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 26, 2141
Waning Crescent
2.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:32 AM
4:03 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.1%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2708
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 343.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.5° / 190.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 09m / -23.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.31° / -0.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.44° / 0.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.78° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.