The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 7, 1972
Waning Crescent
42.8% 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
2:24 AM
12:05 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.8%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 609
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Apr 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 278.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.5° / 240.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 54m / -21.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.43° / -0.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.54° / 1.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.09° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.