The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 31, 1942
Waning Crescent
40.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 AM
2:03 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.8%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 381,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 247
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 280.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.5° / 243.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 21m / -3.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.10° / 4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.25° / -4.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.44° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.