The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 26, 1990
Waxing Gibbous
67.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:47 PM
1:55 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.1%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 841
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 | 109.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.5° / 63.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 23m / 14.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.61° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.22° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.33° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.