The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 26, 2154
Waning Gibbous
62.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:50 PM
11:54 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.8%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 390,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2869
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 | 255.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.2° / 277.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 26m / 5.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.16° / 1.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.62° / -1.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.38° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| 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.