The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 18, 1972
First Quarter
53.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:32 PM
12:19 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.4%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 613
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jul 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.7° / 88.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 43m / -16.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.87° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.04° / 7.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.33° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.