The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 22, 1972
Waxing Gibbous
71.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:58 PM
2:50 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.7%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 610
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.3° / 57.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 58m / 9.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.24° / -2.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.08° / 3.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.68° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.