The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 15, 2042
Waxing Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:19 AM
8:20 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1481
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 14.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.5° / 133.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 28m / -1.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.16° / 0.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.86° / -0.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.00° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.