The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 20, 2072
Waxing Gibbous
64.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:47 PM
1:07 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.6%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1852
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.4° / 79.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 05m / -18.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.39° / 4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.20° / -5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.64° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.