The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 5, 1972
Waning Crescent
32.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 AM
3:49 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.9%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 612
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 290.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.3° / 258.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 59m / 17.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.94° / 5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.10° / -6.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.50° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.