The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 26, 2085
Waxing Gibbous
80.9% 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
1:45 PM
3:33 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.9%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 378,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2016
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 | 128.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.5° / 46.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 41m / 19.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.74° / 3.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.11° / -3.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.52° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.