The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 15, 2040
Waxing Gibbous
67.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:44 PM
12:46 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.8%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1456
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 110.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.7° / 85.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 03m / -26.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.18° / -3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.57° / 5.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.14° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.