The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 9, 1940
Waxing Gibbous
59.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:19 PM
12:37 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.3%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 383,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 219
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.1° / 84.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 49m / -18.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.38° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.77° / -6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.46° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.