The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 8, 1972
Waning Crescent
32.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:00 AM
1:13 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.6%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 380,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 609
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 290.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.0° / 235.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 47m / -17.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.52° / 0.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.66° / -0.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.30° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.