The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 2, 1972
Waning Gibbous
86.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:07 PM
7:41 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.9%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 609
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.4° / 276.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 27m / -23.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.32° / -4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.35° / 6.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.17° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.