The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 26, 2179
Waning Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:05 AM
3:52 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3178
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.0° / 195.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 50m / -21.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.82° / 0.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.66° / -0.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.23° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.