The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 1, 2042
Waning Gibbous
96.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:08 PM
8:42 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.3%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 360,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1480
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,700 km.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 202.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.6° / 303.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 08m / -0.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.40° / -1.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.76° / 2.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.04° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.