The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 17, 1940
Waning Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:08 PM
8:08 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 219
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 191.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.5° / 317.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 21m / 2.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.05° / 0.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.14° / -0.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.00° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.