The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 25, 2042
Waxing Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:56 PM
6:58 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1484
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 166.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.5° / 7.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 16m / 27.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.18° / 4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.85° / -5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.68° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.