The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 22, 2042
Waxing Gibbous
79.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:49 PM
3:05 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.1%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 365,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1484
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.2° / 50.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 14m / 15.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.41° / 1.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.11° / -1.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.07° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.