The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 26, 2045
Waning Gibbous
90.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:30 PM
10:03 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.4%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 364,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1521
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,600 km.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 216.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.5° / 313.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 56m / 17.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.42° / 0.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.74° / 0.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.41° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.