The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 26, 2058
Waxing Gibbous
90.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:53 PM
4:46 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.4%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1682
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 | 143.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.6° / 31.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 47m / 19.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 58.93° / -0.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.81° / 1.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.71° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.