The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 26, 2188
Waxing Gibbous
60.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:10 PM
1:02 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.4%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 3290
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 | 101.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.4° / 74.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 11m / 2.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.48° / -4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.90° / 6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.39° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.