The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 26, 2105
Waning Gibbous
65.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:45 PM
11:17 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.1%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 382,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2263
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 | 252.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.2° / 277.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 05m / 0.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.22° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.46° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.51° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.