The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 7, 2042
Waning Crescent
20.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:54 AM
2:16 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.6%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1483
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 306.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.8° / 233.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 20m / -8.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.86° / -0.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.44° / 1.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.30° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.