The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 2, 2042
Waning Gibbous
90.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:34 PM
9:58 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.5%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1480
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.2° / 298.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 00m / 6.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.28° / -0.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.81° / 0.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.22° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.