The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 7, 2042
Waning Crescent
39.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:08 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.8%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1480
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 281.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.5° / 274.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 47m / 28.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.16° / 4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.96° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.19° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.