The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 26, 2155
Waxing Crescent
8.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:13 AM
8:08 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.6%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 360,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2882
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 7.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 33.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.0° / 136.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 47m / -21.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.52° / -3.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.17° / 5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.77° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.