The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 26, 2195
Waning Crescent
21.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:21 AM
1:26 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.4%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3376
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.8° / 229.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 24m / -19.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.11° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.93° / 7.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.88° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.