The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 26, 2036
Waxing Gibbous
58.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:09 PM
12:51 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.7%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1410
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 | 99.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.2° / 76.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 04m / 1.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.40° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.28° / 7.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.36° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.