The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 24, 1972
Waxing Gibbous
76.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:56 PM
3:50 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.5%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 388,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 609
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 121.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.9° / 45.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 33m / 18.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.01° / -0.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.94° / 0.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.30° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.