The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 22, 1940
Waning Gibbous
70.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:05 PM
12:44 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.3%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 219
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.1° / 285.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 18m / 16.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.54° / -4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.86° / 5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.89° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.