The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 24, 2042
Waxing Gibbous
71.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:04 PM
1:12 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.5%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 379,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1481
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.1° / 79.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 02m / -25.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.23° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.87° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.10° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.