The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 20, 1972
Waxing Gibbous
71.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:33 PM
1:17 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.7%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 613
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.6° / 80.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 20m / -23.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.66° / -4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.32° / 6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.90° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.