The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 1, 1972
Waning Gibbous
92.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:07 PM
7:09 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.6%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 609
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Apr 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 211.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.1° / 290.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 38m / -20.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.46° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.94° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.00° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.