The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 10, 1972
New Moon
0.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:47 AM
9:09 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.0%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 612
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Total solar eclipse
The Moon covers the Sun completely along a narrow track across Earth. From Columbus, 58% of the Sun is covered at 4:36 PM.
-
Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jul 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.5° / 124.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 12m / 23.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.46° / 0.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.59° / -0.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.73° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.