The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 26, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
84.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:33 PM
3:44 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.3%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 977
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 | 133.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.5° / 43.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 07m / 14.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.27° / -3.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.33° / 5.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.92° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.