The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 9, 1972
Waxing Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:05 AM
8:23 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 615
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.9° / 132.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 27m / -8.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.54° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.25° / 6.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.04° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 305.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.