The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 26, 2177
Waxing Crescent
34.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:16 AM
11:38 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.5%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3154
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 | 71.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.5° / 98.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 05m / -0.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.97° / 4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.98° / -5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.85° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.