The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 26, 2183
Waxing Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:38 PM
5:05 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3228
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 | 150.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.2° / 25.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 16m / 16.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.13° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.48° / 7.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.98° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.