The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 7, 2072
Waning Gibbous
58.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:37 AM
12:55 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.9%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1849
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.6° / 261.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 27m / 0.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.28° / -2.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.22° / 3.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.01° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.