The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 26, 2165
Waning Crescent
39.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:08 AM
1:09 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.4%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3005
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 282.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.0° / 254.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 11m / -3.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.66° / 3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.93° / -3.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.79° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.