The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 26, 2102
Waning Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:25 PM
9:23 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2226
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 204.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.6° / 325.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 04m / 19.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.05° / -0.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.73° / 1.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.51° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.