The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 26, 2115
Waxing Gibbous
73.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:38 PM
2:26 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.4%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 380,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2387
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 | 117.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.3° / 58.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 01m / 11.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.12° / -1.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.08° / 2.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.57° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.