The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 26, 2061
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:02 PM
8:10 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 356,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1719
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,600 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 180.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.7° / 352.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 25m / 28.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.51° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.75° / -5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.75° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 2.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.