The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 26, 2173
Waning Gibbous
57.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:03 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.2%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3104
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.3° / 271.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 50m / 1.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.09° / 0.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.92° / 0.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.17° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.