The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 5, 2042
Waning Gibbous
61.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:13 PM
1:49 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.8%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1480
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.5° / 285.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 47m / 23.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 59.71° / 3.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.61° / -4.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.79° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.