The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 7, 1940
Waxing Crescent
37.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:22 PM
11:46 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.5%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 219
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 75.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.8° / 99.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 56m / -16.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.23° / 3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.15° / -4.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.87° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.7° |
| 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.