The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 26, 2086
Waning Gibbous
61.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:26 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.5%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2028
Events on this date
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Mars at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.5° / 273.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 23m / -1.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.14° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.41° / 7.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.87° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.