The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 23, 1972
Waxing Gibbous
92.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:15 PM
3:30 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.9%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 613
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 149.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -74.2° / 29.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 00m / -25.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.91° / -2.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.42° / 3.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.29° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.