The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 17, 2042
Waxing Crescent
25.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:43 AM
10:19 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.8%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1484
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 60.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.3° / 114.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 01m / -16.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.69° / -3.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.69° / 5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.84° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.