The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 17, 2042
Waxing Crescent
9.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:18 AM
9:01 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1481
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
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Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.7° of each other in the sky.
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 3.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.1° / 123.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 53m / -12.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.75° / -1.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.83° / 1.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.54° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.