The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 13, 1972
Waxing Crescent
19.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:18 AM
10:21 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.9%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 614
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 52.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.6° / 109.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 42m / -10.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.69° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.32° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.66° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.