The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 26, 2072
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:15 PM
6:35 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1852
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.8° / 337.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 51m / -2.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.82° / -1.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.43° / 2.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.57° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 232.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.