The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 28, 1972
Waning Gibbous
62.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:14 PM
2:00 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.9%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 615
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.2° / 287.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 19m / 25.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.83° / 2.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.79° / -3.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.55° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.