The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 26, 2140
Waning Gibbous
89.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:44 PM
9:51 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.6%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2696
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 | 217.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.1° / 310.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 58m / 14.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.85° / -3.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.97° / 4.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.11° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.