The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 20, 2042
Waxing Gibbous
57.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:57 PM
12:39 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.9%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1484
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 98.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.9° / 77.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 30m / 2.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.87° / -0.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.11° / 1.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.35° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.