The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 31, 1972
Waning Gibbous
68.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:23 PM
12:25 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.8%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 613
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 247.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.0° / 280.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 53m / 11.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.47° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.41° / -6.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.27° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.