The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 12, 1940
Waxing Gibbous
85.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:31 PM
3:24 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.9%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 219
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.3° / 42.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 28m / -14.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.80° / 4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.27° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.88° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.