The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 26, 2104
Waxing Gibbous
69.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 PM
2:09 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.5%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2251
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 | 112.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.7° / 61.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 38m / 14.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.85° / 3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.72° / -4.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.84° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.