The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 4, 1972
Waning Crescent
24.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:25 AM
5:13 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.4%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 613
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 300.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.3° / 258.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 46m / 25.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.31° / 3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.25° / -4.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.15° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.