The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 19, 1940
Waning Gibbous
91.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:10 PM
9:59 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.9%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 219
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 213.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.7° / 303.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 53m / 9.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.63° / -1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.15° / 2.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.35° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.