The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 21, 1942
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:52 PM
7:40 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 247
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 169.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.1° / 347.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 12m / 18.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.69° / -4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.37° / 6.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.97° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.