The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 21, 2042
Waxing Crescent
41.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 PM
11:14 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.3%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1481
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 79.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.5° / 106.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 09m / -27.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.58° / -4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.75° / 6.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.68° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.