The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 26, 2021
Last Quarter
54.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:32 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.3%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 382,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1224
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.4° / 270.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 08m / 4.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.33° / 4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.58° / -5.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.26° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| 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.