The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Waning Gibbous
90.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:20 PM
10:09 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.8%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 374,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1051
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 | 215.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.2° / 314.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 52m / 19.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.97° / 1.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.24° / -1.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.81° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.