The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 17, 1972
Waxing Gibbous
68.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:26 PM
1:01 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.0%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 615
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 110.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.9° / 81.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 09m / -23.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.76° / -0.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.11° / 1.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.33° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.