The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 14, 1940
Waxing Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:39 PM
5:19 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 219
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 158.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.4° / 358.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 05m / -8.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.29° / 3.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.10° / -4.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.53° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.