The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:05 PM
6:14 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1113
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 | 161.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.5° / 12.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 03m / 20.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.60° / -1.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.13° / 3.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.56° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.