The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 26, 2107
Waxing Gibbous
86.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:46 PM
4:08 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.9%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2288
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.5° / 39.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 21m / 15.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.88° / -2.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.15° / 4.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.98° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.