The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 1, 2072
Waning Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:52 PM
7:21 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1849
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 194.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.3° / 292.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 44m / -17.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.79° / 3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.87° / -4.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.78° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.