The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 11, 2042
Waning Crescent
7.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:10 AM
6:55 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.0%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1480
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 329.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 68.7° / 193.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 31m / 19.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.74° / 4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.63° / -5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.08° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.