The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 16, 1972
Waxing Crescent
34.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:31 PM
11:54 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.3%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 613
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.0° / 94.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 13m / -6.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.74° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.30° / 6.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.79° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.