The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 3, 1972
Waning Crescent
35.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:36 AM
4:05 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.0%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 613
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,400 km.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 287.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.1° / 267.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 43m / 24.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 59.08° / 4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.02° / -5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.92° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.