The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 26, 2053
Waning Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:09 PM
8:44 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 358,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1620
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,000 km.
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 198.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.3° / 330.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 41m / 17.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 114.08° / -3.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.69° / 5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.83° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.