The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 16, 2042
Waxing Crescent
4.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:18 AM
8:40 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1481
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 25.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.3° / 128.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 10m / -7.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.97° / -0.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.55° / 0.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.77° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.