The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 28, 2042
Waning Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:21 PM
9:51 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 378,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1484
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.6° / 325.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 25m / 24.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.74° / 4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.70° / -5.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.70° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.