The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 18, 1972
Waxing Crescent
30.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 AM
12:18 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.7%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 610
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 67.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.2° / 76.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 26m / 25.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.96° / 2.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.64° / -2.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.48° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.