The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 7, 1972
Waning Crescent
13.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:39 AM
6:17 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.4%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 612
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,100 km.
Exact values
For Jul 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 317.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.4° / 238.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 00m / 24.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.00° / 4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.03° / -5.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.98° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.