The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 26, 1972
Waning Gibbous
83.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:20 PM
11:42 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.3%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 615
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 228.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.0° / 302.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 13m / 22.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.92° / 4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.17° / -5.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.20° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.