The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 23, 1940
Waning Gibbous
61.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:52 PM
1:38 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.0%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 219
Events on this date
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September equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere and spring in the southern.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.6° / 279.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 09m / 18.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.89° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.62° / 6.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.08° / -0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.