The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 16, 1972
Waxing Gibbous
58.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:44 PM
12:04 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.5%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 615
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.6° / 91.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 15m / -25.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.47° / -1.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.06° / 2.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.53° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.