The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 30, 1972
Waning Crescent
40.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:22 AM
3:41 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.6%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 377,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 615
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 280.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.0° / 267.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 21m / 22.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.56° / 0.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.35° / 0.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.93° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.