The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 23, 1972
Waxing Gibbous
90.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:44 PM
3:19 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.9%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 612
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 145.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.8° / 42.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 36m / -23.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.39° / -4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.53° / 6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.96° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.