The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 26, 2181
Waning Gibbous
73.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:47 PM
10:56 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.4%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 3203
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 | 242.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.0° / 287.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 31m / 5.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.43° / -3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.88° / 5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.57° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.