The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 26, 2161
Waxing Gibbous
69.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:09 PM
2:12 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.6%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2956
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 | 113.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.2° / 61.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 41m / 12.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.18° / 2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.86° / -2.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.58° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.7° |
| 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.