The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 26, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
69.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:54 PM
2:15 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.6%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 385,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1076
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 | 113.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.5° / 60.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 37m / 15.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.12° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.90° / -5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.54° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.7° |
| 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.