The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 26, 2083
Waning Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:42 PM
9:35 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1991
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 | 207.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.6° / 321.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 20m / 19.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.88° / -0.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.45° / 1.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.87° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.