The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 26, 1985
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:29 PM
7:34 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 779
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 | 173.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.0° / 359.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 51m / 27.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.10° / 3.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.08° / -4.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.75° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.