The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 26, 2135
Waning Gibbous
63.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:45 PM
11:55 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.8%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2634
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 254.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.0° / 279.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 22m / 6.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.61° / 2.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.97° / -2.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.58° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| 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.