The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 7, 1972
Waning Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:41 AM
7:43 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 375,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 613
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 70.5° / 168.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 50m / 21.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.45° / 0.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.41° / 0.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.87° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.