The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 26, 2199
Waxing Gibbous
72.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 PM
2:26 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.4%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 388,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3426
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 | 116.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.1° / 59.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 56m / 12.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.48° / 0.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.17° / 0.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.16° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.7° |
| 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.