The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 14, 1972
Waxing Crescent
39.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:05 PM
11:12 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.4%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 615
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 77.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.1° / 106.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 29m / -25.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.52° / -3.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.47° / 5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.93° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.