The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 16, 2040
Waxing Gibbous
78.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:37 PM
1:53 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.1%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 365,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1456
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 124.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.9° / 69.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 07m / -24.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.63° / -4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.45° / 6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.95° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.