The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 21, 1972
Waxing Gibbous
62.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:55 PM
2:23 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.2%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 389,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 610
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.5° / 61.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 11m / 14.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.70° / -1.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.79° / 2.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.87° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.