The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 26, 2078
Waning Crescent
43.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:42 AM
12:50 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.8%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 399,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1929
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 | 277.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.7° / 258.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 50m / -2.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.63° / 2.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.34° / -2.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.48° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.