The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 27, 2042
Waning Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:08 PM
9:06 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1484
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 192.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.1° / 338.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 25m / 27.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.87° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.06° / -5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.57° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.5° |
| 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.