The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 5, 1972
Waning Crescent
4.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:48 AM
6:46 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 614
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.0° / 183.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 21m / 13.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.39° / -2.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.19° / 3.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.02° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.