The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 21, 1972
Waxing Gibbous
79.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:31 PM
1:54 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.8%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 613
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Jul 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.6° / 72.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 12m / -25.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.60° / -4.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.04° / 5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.69° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.