The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 14, 1972
Waxing Crescent
16.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 AM
11:08 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.9%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 388,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 613
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 48.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.2° / 99.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 43m / 4.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.68° / -3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.54° / 5.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.26° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.