The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 12, 1972
Waxing Crescent
35.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:29 PM
10:47 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.2%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 395,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 617
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 72.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.4° / 109.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 20m / -18.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.06° / 1.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.22° / -0.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.48° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.