The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 24, 1972
Waning Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:58 PM
9:08 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 363,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 615
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 200.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.4° / 318.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 15m / 13.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.29° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.04° / -6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.86° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 55.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.