The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 30, 2042
Waning Gibbous
82.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 PM
10:55 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.1%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 388,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1484
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 230.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.2° / 300.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 11m / 15.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.24° / 3.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.75° / -3.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.96° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.