The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 26, 2048
Waning Gibbous
66.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:36 PM
11:10 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.6%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 394,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1558
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.6° / 278.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 01m / 0.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.25° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.33° / 7.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.42° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.