The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 26, 2002
Last Quarter
53.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:36 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.7%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 989
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.1° / 269.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 10m / 4.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.65° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.09° / -5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.47° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.