The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 22, 1972
Waxing Gibbous
56.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:42 AM
2:27 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.8%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 379,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 609
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.2° / 59.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 44m / 25.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.89° / 2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.30° / -1.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.65° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.