The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 26, 2072
Waning Gibbous
97.4% 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
7:04 PM
8:45 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1855
Events on this date
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Jupiter at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Mars, Mercury, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.3° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 198.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.9° / 330.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 41m / 18.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 114.04° / -3.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.52° / 4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.62° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.