The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 4, 1972
Waning Crescent
44.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:50 AM
2:35 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.1%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 612
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.3° / 262.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 04m / 12.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.65° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.38° / -6.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.27° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.