The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 21, 1972
Waxing Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:30 PM
5:29 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 615
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.4° / 357.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 36m / -5.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.63° / 3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.73° / -4.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.63° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.