The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 11, 1972
Waxing Crescent
14.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:08 AM
9:17 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.8%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 615
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 44.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.8° / 121.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 59m / -17.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.88° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.42° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.58° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.