The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 29, 2042
Waning Gibbous
89.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:32 PM
10:27 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.3%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1484
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 218.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.6° / 312.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 20m / 20.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.20° / 4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.93° / -4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.83° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.3° |
| 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.