The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 26, 2164
Waxing Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:14 PM
5:56 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 395,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2993
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 6.0° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 160.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.5° / 14.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 59m / 17.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.54° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.83° / 7.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.64° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.