The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 2, 1972
Waning Gibbous
66.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:14 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.4%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 376,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 612
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.0° / 268.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 23m / 0.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.76° / 4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.06° / -5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.83° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.