The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 26, 2142
Waxing Gibbous
62.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:41 PM
1:26 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.4%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2721
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 | 104.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.6° / 69.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 05m / 10.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.96° / 3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.82° / -3.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.38° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.