The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 9, 1972
Waning Crescent
1.8% 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
4:36 AM
8:22 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 366,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 612
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 74.0° / 153.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 09m / 25.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.12° / 2.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.24° / -2.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.48° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.