The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 23, 2042
Waxing Gibbous
87.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:23 PM
4:23 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.7%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 364,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1484
Events on this date
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,800 km.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.6° / 36.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 11m / 20.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.94° / 2.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.15° / -3.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.93° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.