The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 26, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
89.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:52 PM
4:31 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.1%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1212
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 | 141.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.4° / 34.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 40m / 17.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.73° / -2.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.15° / 3.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.13° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.