The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 23, 1972
Waxing Gibbous
67.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:49 PM
3:13 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.1%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 384,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 609
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.8° / 52.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 40m / 22.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.10° / 0.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.29° / -0.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.47° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.