The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 22, 2072
Waxing Gibbous
81.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:08 PM
2:54 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.5%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1852
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.5° / 52.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 45m / -15.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.55° / 2.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.70° / -2.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.26° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.