The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 25, 1972
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:35 PM
5:32 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 389,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 613
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.7° / 318.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 48m / -21.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.10° / -0.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.00° / 0.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.90° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.