The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 26, 2047
Waxing Gibbous
74.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:13 PM
2:49 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.3%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1546
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 | 119.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.3° / 55.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 00m / 17.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.90° / 4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.68° / -5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.10° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.