The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 20, 2042
Waxing Crescent
31.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:25 PM
10:30 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.9%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1481
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 68.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.2° / 111.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 15m / -25.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.37° / -3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.75° / 5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.88° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.