The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 26, 2100
Waning Crescent
24.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:53 AM
1:16 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.6%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2201
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 | 300.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.7° / 233.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 07m / -17.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.69° / -4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.03° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.19° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.