The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 26, 1982
Waxing Gibbous
81.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:23 PM
3:14 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.0%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 742
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 | 128.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.9° / 49.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 47m / 11.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.86° / -4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.51° / 6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.72° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.