The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 26, 2178
Waning Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:33 PM
9:07 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3166
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 | 203.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.3° / 325.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 02m / 17.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.91° / -3.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.11° / 4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.59° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.3° |
| 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.