The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 26, 2153
Waxing Gibbous
84.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:08 PM
4:00 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.5%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2857
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.6° / 41.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 03m / 19.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.64° / 1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.86° / -1.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.99° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.