The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 26, 2017
First Quarter
53.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:52 PM
12:19 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.5%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 383,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1175
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.1° / 82.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 40m / -0.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.97° / -4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.53° / 6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.15° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.