The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 26, 2074
Waxing Gibbous
64.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:29 PM
1:27 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.7%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1880
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 | 107.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.7° / 70.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 30m / 3.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.33° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.48° / 7.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.91° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.