The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 9, 2042
Waning Crescent
20.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 AM
5:49 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.6%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 389,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1480
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 306.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.6° / 250.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 45m / 26.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.44° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.28° / -6.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.63° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.