The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 11, 1972
Waxing Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:00 AM
9:46 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 613
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 11.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.5° / 112.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 11m / 19.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.53° / -0.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.65° / 0.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.01° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.