The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 24, 1972
Waxing Gibbous
97.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:58 PM
4:28 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.1%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 613
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 160.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -73.9° / 346.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 54m / -24.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.38° / -1.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.33° / 1.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.10° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.