The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 26, 2015
Waning Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:53 PM
8:30 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 381,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1150
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 | 195.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.7° / 333.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 25m / 17.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.28° / -4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.30° / 6.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.23° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.