The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 26, 2124
Waning Gibbous
63.7% 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
11:56 PM
11:22 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.7%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2498
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 | 254.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.2° / 275.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 14m / 0.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.38° / -4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.43° / 6.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.31° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.5° |
| 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.