The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 26, 2018
Waning Gibbous
79.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:02 PM
11:09 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.0%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1187
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 | 234.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.0° / 296.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 11m / 14.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.50° / 2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.84° / -2.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.21° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.