The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 1, 1972
Waning Gibbous
76.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:57 PM
11:06 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.3%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 380,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 612
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 238.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.1° / 271.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 34m / -5.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.18° / 3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.43° / -4.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.62° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.