The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 30, 1972
Waning Gibbous
78.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:54 PM
11:14 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.8%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 613
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 234.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.3° / 283.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 01m / 5.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.42° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.29° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.06° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.