The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 26, 2066
Waxing Gibbous
79.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 PM
3:24 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.4%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 395,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1781
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 | 125.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.2° / 48.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 30m / 18.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.21° / 3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.79° / -4.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.32° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.