The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 8, 2042
Waning Crescent
29.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:55 AM
5:04 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.6%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1480
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 294.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.3° / 265.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 47m / 28.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.44° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.25° / -6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.41° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.