The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 23, 2042
Waxing Gibbous
61.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:19 PM
12:09 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.5%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 385,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1481
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 103.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.8° / 92.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 03m / -27.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.94° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.87° / 7.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.29° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.