The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 24, 2072
Waxing Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:15 PM
4:44 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1852
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.5° / 12.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 20m / -9.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.20° / 0.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.64° / -0.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.91° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.