The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 1, 2072
Waning Gibbous
86.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:12 PM
10:34 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.2%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1851
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.5° / 291.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 33m / 5.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.69° / -3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.63° / 5.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.24° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.