The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 1, 1972
Waning Gibbous
57.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:56 PM
1:38 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.8%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 613
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.7° / 277.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 46m / 16.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.62° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.37° / -6.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.48° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.