The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 22, 1972
Waxing Gibbous
84.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:44 PM
2:45 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.8%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 612
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 134.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.9° / 58.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 46m / -21.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.48° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.87° / 6.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.16° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.