The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 6, 1972
Last Quarter
53.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:44 AM
10:59 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.0%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 392,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 609
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Mars, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 4.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.9° / 246.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 00m / -24.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.74° / -1.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.00° / 2.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.90° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.