The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 21, 2072
Waxing Gibbous
73.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:30 PM
2:00 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.6%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1852
Events on this date
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September equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere and spring in the southern.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 118.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.3° / 67.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 56m / -17.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.57° / 3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.05° / -4.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.45° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.