The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 10, 1972
Waxing Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:10 AM
9:10 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 386,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 614
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 17.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.0° / 122.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 25m / 6.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.80° / -3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.70° / 4.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.38° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 302.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.