The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 26, 2055
Waxing Gibbous
57.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 PM
12:43 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.4%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1645
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 98.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.8° / 78.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 57m / 0.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.26° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.57° / 7.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.71° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.