The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 21, 2042
Waxing Gibbous
68.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:22 PM
1:51 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.9%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1484
Events on this date
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December solstice
The shortest day in the northern hemisphere and the longest in the southern.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 112.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.9° / 64.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 21m / 9.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.03° / 0.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.20° / 0.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.21° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.