The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 18, 1972
Waxing Gibbous
77.0% 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
5:02 PM
2:04 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.0%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 388,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 615
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 122.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.9° / 66.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 02m / -20.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.36° / 0.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.86° / -0.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.15° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.