The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 3, 1972
Waning Gibbous
80.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:20 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.0%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 609
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.5° / 266.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 19m / -25.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.22° / -4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.73° / 5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.35° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.