The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 22, 1972
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:57 PM
6:40 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 615
Events on this date
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September equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere and spring in the southern.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.5° / 340.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 27m / 1.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.90° / 4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.82° / -5.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.46° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.