The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 26, 2010
Waning Gibbous
66.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:39 PM
11:11 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.7%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1088
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 | 250.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.2° / 279.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 58m / 1.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.37° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.11° / 7.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.83° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.7° |
| 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.