The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 2, 2072
Waning Gibbous
95.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:31 PM
8:16 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.2%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1849
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.7° / 284.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 34m / -15.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.95° / 2.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.71° / -3.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.97° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.