The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 22, 1972
Waxing Gibbous
87.0% 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
6:26 PM
2:38 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.0%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 613
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.7° / 58.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 05m / -26.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.67° / -3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.30° / 4.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.49° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.