The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 26, 2191
Waxing Gibbous
84.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:02 PM
3:58 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.4%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 381,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3327
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.6° / 41.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 00m / 20.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.29° / 2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.28° / -3.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.56° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.