The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 18, 2042
Waxing Crescent
15.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:19 AM
9:26 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.8%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1481
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 46.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.0° / 119.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 38m / -17.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.53° / -2.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.21° / 3.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.32° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.