The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 3, 2042
Waning Gibbous
82.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:02 PM
11:15 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.4%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1480
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 229.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.9° / 293.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 54m / 12.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.02° / 1.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.27° / -1.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.40° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.