The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 26, 2116
Last Quarter
50.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:00 AM
12:29 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.1%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2399
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.9° / 264.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 21m / -0.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.12° / 1.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.55° / -1.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.94° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.