The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 8, 1972
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:52 AM
8:16 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 378,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 613
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.1° / 142.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 45m / 16.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.15° / -1.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.11° / 1.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.12° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.