The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 30, 2072
Waning Gibbous
89.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 PM
10:24 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.9%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1852
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 216.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.4° / 301.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 57m / 11.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.25° / -4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.11° / 6.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.11° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.