The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 26, 2180
Waxing Gibbous
76.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:40 PM
2:58 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.7%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3191
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 | 122.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.8° / 53.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 20m / 14.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.69° / 0.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.37° / -0.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.80° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.