The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 23, 2072
Waxing Gibbous
88.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:43 PM
3:49 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.3%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1852
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.2° / 33.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 33m / -12.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.40° / 1.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.20° / -1.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.08° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.8° |
| 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.